2009 Topps 206
Description
2009 Topps 206 was released in the first week of December of 2009, and commerates the 100th anniversary of the original American Tobacco (T-206) baseball card set.
The set features 300 cards with 50 un-numbered variations. Each Hobby box promises two framed autographed and/or relic cards per box.
Distribution
Hobby packs (9 cards per pack) and boxes (20 packs) appeared first priced at $5 per pack and $70-$85 per box.
Retail packs ($2.99) contained 6 cards per pack, rack packs ($4.99) containing 12 cards and 8-pack Blaster boxes, ($19.99) appeared in stores in mid-December.
Reviews
http://www.stalegum.com/2009/12/card-ola-2009-topps-206.html
http://cardboardproblem.blogspot.com/2009/12/topps-206-retail-vs-hobby.html
2009 Topps T-206 Baseball Review
Insertion Ratios
Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Hobby Odds | Retail Odds | Retail Rack |
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Base | 300 | - | 7:1 | 4:1 | 10:1 |
Variations | 50 | - | 1:4 | 1:4 | 1:4 |
Bronze | 300 | - | 1:1 | 1:1 | 1:1 |
Mini Piedmont | 300 | - | ? | ? | ? |
Mini Piedmont Variation | 50 | - | 1:20 | 1:20 | 1:20 |
Mini Polar Bear | 300 | - | 1:10 | 1:10 | 1:10 |
Mini Old Mill | 300 | - | 1:20 | 1:20 | 1:20 |
Mini Cycle | 300 | 99 | 1:22 | 1:62 | 1:17 |
Mini Carolina Brights | 300 | one-of-one | ? | N/A | N/A |
Framed Mini Auto | 30 | - | 1:18 | 1:162 | 1:31 |
T-206 Auto | 16 | - | 1:66 | 1:630 | 1:117 |
Piedmont Relic | 25 | ? | 1:71 | 1:672 | 1:126 |
Old Mill Relic | 25 | ? | 1:105 | 1:1,1010 | 1:190 |
Mini Short Print Variation Gold Chrome | 50 | 99 | 1:159 | - | - |
Mini Short Print Silk Variation | 50 | 50 | 1:160 | - | - |
Cycle Relic | 25 | ? | 1:210 | 1:2,010 | 1:379 |
Base Printing Plate (4 colors) | 300 | 1 | 1:285 | N/A | N/A |
Framed Printing Plate (4 colors) | ? | 1 | 1:332 | N/A | N/A |
Mini Short Print Carolina Brights | 50 | 1 | 1:1,331 | - | - |
Framed Repurchased Card | ? | ? | 1:3,993 | N/A | N/A |
Cut Signature Book Card | 10 | one-of-one | 1:39,939 | N/A | N/A |
Checklist
Promos
Hawaii Trade Conference
- 1 Honus Wagner
- 2 Lou Gehrig
- 3 Babe Ruth
- 4 Rogers Hornsby
- 5 Jackie Robinson
- 6 Ty Cobb
Base Set
- 1 Ryan Howard
- 2 Erick Aybar
- 3 Carlos Quentin
- 4 Juan Pierre
- 5 Chris Young
- 6 John Mayberry (RC)
- 7 Rocco Baldelli
- 8 Dan Uggla
- 9 Matt Holliday
- 10 Andrew McCutchen (RC)
- 11 Adam Jones
- 12 Ian Stewart
- 13 Bobby Parnell RC
- 14 Scott Rolen
- 15 Max Scherzer
- 16 Jonny Gomes
- 17 Jonathan Broxton
- 18 Kenji Johjima
- 19 Mel Ott
- 20 Geovany Soto
- 21 Ivan Rodriguez
- 22 Josh Reddick RC
- 23 Koji Uehara RC
- 24 David Ortiz
- 25 Magglio Ordonez
- 26 Chien-Ming Wang
- 27 Andrew Carpenter RC
- 28 Kenshin Kawakami RC
- 29 Kerry Wood
- 30 Justin Morneau
- 31 Andy Sonnanstine
- 32 Stephen Drew
- 33 Jay Bruce
- 34 Andre Ethier
- 35 Erik Bedard
- 36 Jimmie Foxx
- 37 Rich Harden
- 38 Hunter Pence
- 39 Jayson Werth
- 40 Daniel Schlereth RC
- 41 David Hernandez RC
- 42 Jason Marquis
- 43 Hideki Matsui
- 44 Michael Bowden (RC)
- 45 Derek Lowe
- 46 Cliff Lee
- 47 Rickie Weeks
- 48 Carlos Pena
- 49 Walter Johnson
- 50 Joe Crede
- 51 Zack Greinke
- 52 Kevin Kouzmanoff
- 53 Wilkin Ramirez RC
- 54 Jonathan Papelbon
- 55 Chris Volstad
- 56 Robinson Cano
- 57 Matt LaPorta RC
- 58 Brian Roberts
- 59 David Huff RC
- 60 Daniel Murphy RC
- 61 Derrek Holland RC
- 62 Dan Haren
- 63 Bronson Arroyo
- 64 Corey Hart
- 65 Troy Glaus
- 66 Ty Cobb
- 67 Alfonso Soriano
- 68 Luke Hochevar
- 69 Jimmy Rollins
- 70 Matt Tuiasosopo (RC)
- 71 Dustin Pedroia
- 72 Rick Porcello
- 73 Joba Chamberlain
- 74 Greg Golson (RC)
- 75 Jair Jurrjens
- 76 Trevor Crowe RC
- 77 Joe Nathan
- 78 Hank Blalock
- 79 Bobby Abreu
- 80 Jim Thome
- 81 Orlando Hudson
- 82 Randy Johnson
- 83 Rogers Hornsby
- 84 Mike Fontenot
- 85 Kazuo Matsui
- 86 Kurt Suzuki
- 87 Ryan Perry RC
- 88 Melvin Mora
- 89 Ubaldo Jimenez
- 90 Alex Rodriguez
- 91 John Lannan
- 92 Javier Vazquez
- 93 Victor Martinez
- 94 Francisco Liriano
- 95 Matt Garza
- 96 Vladimir Guerrero
- 97 Gavin Floyd
- 98 Matt Kemp
- 99 Adrian Gonzalez
- 100 Romero Pena RC
- 101 J.D. Drew
- 102 Hanley Ramirez
- 103 Andrew Bailey RC
- 104 Mark Melancon RC
- 105 Lou Montanez
- 106 Jeff Francis
- 107 Fernando Martinez
- 108 Alex Rios
- 109 Justin Upton
- 110 Chris Dickerson
- 111 Mike Cameron
- 112 Felix Hernandez
- 113 Tris Speaker
- 114 Carlos Zambrano
- 115 Michael Bourn
- 116 Chase Utley
- 117 Jordan Schafer (RC)
- 118 Kevin Youkilis
- 119 Curtis Granderson
- 120 Derek Jeter
- 121 Francisco Cervelli RC
- 122 Nick Markakis
- 123 Brad Hawpe
- 124 Johan Santana
- 125 Adam Lind
- 126 Brandon Webb
- 127 Javier Valentin
- 128 James Loney
- 129 Ichiro
- 130 Honus Wagner
- 131 Kosuke Fukudome
- 132 Carlos Lee
- 133 Shane Victorino
- 134 Travis Snider RC
- 135 Jon Lester
- 136 Edgar Renteria
- 137 Mark Teixeira
- 138 Elvis Andrus RC
- 139 Chipper Jones
- 140 Jeremy Sowers
- 141 Prince Fielder
- 142 Evan Longoria
- 143 Cy Young
- 144 Neftali Feliz RC
- 145 David DeJesus
- 146 Tony Gwynn, Jr.
- 147 Fernando Perez (RC)
- 148 Josh Beckett
- 149 Josh Johnson
- 150 A.J. Burnett
- 151 Wade LeBlanc RC
- 152 Luke Scott
- 153 Dexter Fowler (RC)
- 154 Mickey Mantle
- 155 Adam Dunn
- 156 Brian McCann
- 157 Brandon Phillips
- 158 Mat Gamel RC
- 159 Rick Ankiel
- 160 Thurman Munson
- 161 Jermaine Dye
- 162 Billy Butler
- 163 Cole Hamels
- 164 Luis Valbuena RC
- 165 John Smoltz
- 166 Joel Zumaya
- 167 Nick Swisher
- 168 Aaron Cunningham RC
- 169 Carlos Beltran
- 170 Jhonny Peralta
- 171 David Wright
- 172 Michael Young
- 173 Howie Kendrick
- 174 Gordon Beckham RC
- 175 Manny Ramirez
- 176 Barry Zito
- 177 Pee Wee Reese
- 178 Bobby Scales RC
- 179 Roy Oswalt
- 180 Jack Cust
- 181 David Price RC
- 182 Daisuke Matsuzaka
- 183 Jeremy Bonderman
- 184 Jorge Posada
- 185 Brian Duensing RC
- 186 Yunel Escobar
- 187 Travis Hafner
- 188 Glen Perkins
- 189 Scott Kazmir
- 190 Jon Garland
- 191 Paul Konerko
- 192 Rafael Furcal
- 193 Jake Peavy
- 194 George Kottaras (RC)
- 195 Jacoby Ellsbury
- 196 Jeremy Hermida
- 197 Brett Anderson RC
- 198 Brad Nelson (RC)
- 199 Nolan Reimold (RC)
- 200 Todd Helton
- 201 John Maine
- 202 Vernon Wells
- 203 Chris Young
- 204 Johnny Cueto
- 205 J.J. Hardy
- 206 Yadier Molina
- 207 Jackie Robinson
- 208 Derrek Lee
- 209 Gil Meche
- 210 Pat Burrell
- 211 Jordan Zimmermann RC
- 212 Jason Bay
- 213 Chris Coghlan RC
- 214 Jason Giambi
- 215 Vinny Mazzaro RC
- 216 Ryan Freel
- 217 Garrett Atkins
- 218 Francisco Rodriguez
- 219 Roy Halladay
- 220 Conor Jackson
- 221 Joey Votto
- 222 Clayton Kershaw
- 223 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 224 Roy Campanella
- 225 Jeff Samardzija
- 226 Lance Berkman
- 227 Brad Lidge
- 228 Will Venable RC
- 229 Mike Lowell
- 230 Miguel Cabrera
- 231 CC Sabathia
- 232 Daniel Bard RC
- 233 Garret Anderson
- 234 Grady Sizemore
- 235 Yovani Gallardo
- 236 James Shields
- 237 Christy Mathewson
- 238 Mark Buehrle
- 239 Joakim Soria
- 240 Kyle Blanks
- 241 Kris Medlen
- 242 Milton Bradley
- 243 Miguel Tejada
- 244 Daric Barton
- 245 Ricky Romero (RC)
- 246 Felix Pie
- 247 Huston Street
- 248 Mariano Rivera
- 249 Ryan Zimmerman
- 250 Tim Hudson
- 251 Fransisco Cordero
- 252 Ryan Braun
- 253 Akinori Iwamura
- 254 Johnny Mize
- 255 A.J. Pierzynski
- 256 Alex Gordon
- 257 Nate McLouth
- 258 Aaron Bates RC
- 259 Jason Varitek
- 260 Andrew Miller
- 261 Johnny Damon
- 262 Tommy Hanson RC
- 263 Aubrey Huff
- 264 Ryan Garko
- 265 Carlos Delgado
- 266 Josh Hamilton
- 267 Jered Weaver
- 268 Aaron Poreda RC
- 269 Russ Martin
- 270 Matt Cain
- 271 Lou Gehrig
- 272 Aramis Ramirez
- 273 Brian Bannister
- 274 Colby Rasmus (RC)
- 275 Justin Masterson
- 276 Justin Verlander
- 277 Andy Pettitte
- 278 David Freese RC
- 279 Casey Kotchman
- 280 Fausto Carmona
- 281 Joe Mauer
- 282 Ian Kinsler
- 283 Joe Saunders
- 284 Alexei Ramirez
- 285 Chad Billingsley
- 286 Tim Lincecum
- 287 Babe Ruth
- 288 Ryan Theriot
- 289 Josh Whitesell RC
- 290 Trevor Cahill RC
- 291 Jonathan Niese RC
- 292 Jeremy Guthrie
- 293 Troy Tulowitzki
- 294 Jose Reyes
- 295 Cristian Guzman
- 296 Mat Latos RC
- 297 Micah Owings
- 298 Trevor Hoffman
- 299 Albert Pujols
- 300 George Sisler
Variations
NOTE: All 50 variation cards are not sequentially-numbered. The backs of each card are replaced with either the player's last name, or "ROOKIE." For check-listing purposes, we have listed all 50 in sequential order as they appear in the base set.
- 1 Ryan Howard
- 10 Andrew McCutchen
- 19 Mel Ott
- 23 Koji Uehara
- 28 Kenshin Kawakami
- 36 Jimmie Foxx
- 41 David Hernandez
- 44 Michael Bowden
- 49 Walter Johnson
- 57 Matt LaPorta
- 61 Derrek Holland
- 66 Ty Cobb
- 71 Dustin Pedroia
- 72 Rick Porcello
- 83 Rogers Hornsby
- 87 Ryan Perry
- 90 Alex Rodriguez
- 102 Hanley Ramirez
- 103 Andrew Bailey
- 107 Fernando Martinez
- 113 Tris Speaker
- 116 Chase Utley
- 120 Derek Jeter
- 129 Ichiro
- 130 Honus Wagner
- 137 Mark Teixeira
- 138 Elvis Andrus
- 142 Evan Longoria
- 143 Cy Young
- 154 Mickey Mantle
- 160 Thurman Munson
- 171 David Wright
- 174 Gordon Beckham
- 175 Manny Ramirez
- 177 Pee Wee Reese
- 181 David Price
- 207 Jackie Robinson
- 224 Roy Campanella
- 231 CC Sabathia
- 234 Grady Sizemore
- 237 Christy Mathewson
- 254 Johnny Mize
- 262 Tommy Hanson
- 268 Aaron Poreda
- 271 Lou Gehrig
- 274 Colby Rasmus
- 286 Tim Lincecum
- 287 Babe Ruth
- 299 Albert Pujols
- 300 George Sisler
Parallels
Standard Sized
All parallel the full 300-card base set.
- Bronze (One-per-pack, unless replaced with a framed "hit.")
- Printing Plates (four-for-each, Hobby only)
Minis
All parallel the full 300-card base set. One mini per-pack. All cards measure 1-7/16" x 2-5/8.
- Piedmont
- Polar Bear
- Old Mill (1:20)
- Cycle (serial-numbered to 99)
- Carolina Brights (one-of-one, Hobby only)
- Framed Mini Printing Plates (four-for-each, Hobby only, set into a standard-sized frame)
Mini Variations
Checklist parallels the 50 variation cards. Piedmonts measure 1-7/16" X 2-5/8" and are printed on a brighter, whiter, cardstock. Gold Chromes are standard-sized. Silks are 1-7/16" X 2-5/8" and set into a standard-sized frame.
- Piedmont
- Gold Chrome (serial-numbered to 50)
- Framed Cloth (serial-numbered to 50)
Inserts
Mickey Mantle Checklists
- 1 Mickey Mantle
- 2 Mickey Mantle
- 3 Mickey Mantle
- 4 Mickey Mantle
- 5 Mickey Mantle
- 6 Mickey Mantle
- 7 Mickey Mantle
Autographs and Game Used
Framed Relics
Each relic is available in a "Piedmont," "Polar Bear," or "Old Mill" frame.
- FR - 1 Alex Rodriguez BAT
- FR - 2 Ryan Howard
- FR - 3 David Wright
- FR - 4 Albert Pujols
- FR - 5 Evan Longoria
- FR - 6 Chipper Jones
- FR - 7 Carlos Beltran
- FR - 8 Ichiro
- FR - 9 Hanley Ramirez
- FR - 10 Carl Crawford
- FR - 11 David Ortiz JSY
- FR - 12 Nick Markakis
- FR - 13 Michael Young
- FR - 14 Hideki Matsui
- FR - 15 Ryan Braun
- FR - 16 Robinson Cano
- FR - 17 Miguel Tejada
- FR - 18 Phil Hughes
- FR - 19 Cole Hamels
- FR - 20 James Loney JSY
- FR - 21 Brian McCann
- FR - 22 Ty Cobb BAT
- FR - 23 Jimmie Foxx BAT
- FR - 24 Jackie Robinson BAT
- FR - 25 Babe Ruth
Framed Autographs
- FMA - 1 Gordon Beckham
- FMA - 2 Koji Uehara
- FMA - 3 Ryan Perry
- FMA - 4 Elvis Andrus
- FMA - 5 Jonathan Van Every
- FMA - 6 Glen Perkins
- FMA - 7 Jordan Zimmermann
- FMA - 8 Daniel Schlereth
- FMA - 9 Chris Volstad
- FMA - 10 Ryan Braun
- FMA - 11 Nick Evans
- FMA - 12 Fernando Martinez
- FMA - 13 Shairon Martis
- FMA - 14 James Parr
- FMA - 15 Mat Gamel
- FMA - 16 Michael Bowden
- FMA - 17 David Hernandez
- FMA - 18 Chris Young
- FMA - 19 Denard Span
- FMA - 20 Phil Hughes
- FMA - 21 Jason Motte
- FMA - 22 Clayton Kershaw
- FMA - 23 Justin Masterson
- FMA - 24 Vinny Mazzaro
- FMA - 25 Scott Elbert
- FMA - 26 Rich Hill
- FMA - 27 Luke Montz
- FMA - 28 Curtis Granderson
- FMA - 29 Kila Ka'aihue
- FMA - 30 Josh Outman
Autographs
- NFA - 1 David Wright
- NFA - 2 Johnny Cueto
- NFA - 3 Evan Longoria
- NFA - 4 Gio Gonzalez
- NFA - 5 Juan Rivera
- NFA - 6 Ryan Braun
- NFA - 7 Joba Chamberlain
- NFA - 8 Dustin Pedroia
- NFA - 9 Jay Bruce
- NFA - 10 Jordan Zimmermann
- NFA - 11 Ryan Howard
- NFA - 12 Max Scherzer
- NFA - 13 Heath Bell
- NFA - 14 Jonathan Papelbon
- NFA - 15 Jhonny Peralta
- NFA - 16 Milton Bradley
Cut Signature Book Card
NOTE: Each is a one-of-one and are only available in Hobby packs.
- CS-DJ Davy "Kangaroo" Jones
- CS-EC Eddie Collins
- CS-IT Ira Thomas
- CS-LL Lefty Leifield
- CS-NL Nap Lajoie
- CS-PL Paddy Livingstone
- CS-TC Ty Cobb
- CS-TS Tris Speaker
- CS-WJ Walter Johnson
- CS-ZW Zach Wheat
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